Selasa, 14 Desember 2010

Profile-Talaud Islands District



Talaud Islands. Beribukotakan Melonguane. Has the area 1251.02 km 2 and is divided into 8 districts. Countries bordering the Philippine territory in the north, the Sangihe Talaud district in the south, the Celebes Sea to the west and Pacific Ocean to the east.Plantation remains a center of economic activity Talaud Islands. Nutmeg, coffee, cocoa, vanilla, pepper and cloves are still unreliable. But of the six commodities, nutmeg seeded. Plants are often used as candied initersebar evenly across the district. Since the Dutch colonial era, has become a commodity trading nutmeg penting.Proses easy maintenance and the selling price is high enough is another driving factor Talaud plant communities nutmeg. Not only are bought and sold nutmeg. Mace called the mace also have high economic value. Mace usually be used for cooking spices and ointments. Plantation agriculture is dominated economic activity Talaud Islands. However, behind it, agricultural activities still holds the potential. However, all that potential untapped maximum. Support facilities and infrastructure such as irrigation farming is still not well managed. In fact, if the potential for food crops cultivated by the maximum, in Talaud food needs can be fulfilled immediately. Coconut is the largest crop diahasilkan, but this area is still importing oil from Manado and Bitung, this is due to industrial processing oil into cooking oil has not been developed, as well as for industrial processing of cloves and nutmeg are also not yet available. In addition to having excellent komodutas from plantations, this maritime region has the potential of marine fishery with the commodity form of tuna, grouper, kite, skipjack, and Farmed sea such as seaweed, sea cucumbers and pearl oysters. In the area of these islands there is only one fish that is in the dock peangkapan Dagho Beach, District Tamako, Sangir Pulau Besar. From farming, plantations, and this fishery also have a major impact on trade. Trade was a focus for the livelihood after agriculture. existence of infrastructure in the form of an adequate road will make it easier for traders to interact so that both expedite the flow of goods and services, this area has also been found Melongauane Airport which is located at Talaud Islands, three main Pelabuahan Lirung Port, Port Karatung, and Port Miangas, and there are a variety of facilities and supporting infrastructure facilities including power plants, clean water, gas and telecommunications networks.

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Senin, 13 Desember 2010

Healthy Lifestyle

Promotion and Prevention of Communicable Diseases (PTM)

The National Policy PTM
The framework concept of prevention and control of non-communicable diseases is based on the basic framework of Blum, that health status is influenced by heredity, environment, behavior and health services. Prevention and control PTM policy is aimed at diseases that have the same risk factors are: heart disease, stroke, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic airway obstruction.

Goal
Encourage community self-reliance in the prevention and control PTM to nmenurunkan incident non-communicable diseases (PTM) and improve quality of life for healthy people who are in all orders.

How do I?
By way of eliminating or reducing risk factors for PTM and consider other factors that may affect health. Department of Health, through the Center focuses on health promotion:

* Increase efforts to promotive and preventive health through both the Central and Provincial and District levels.
* Conduct an integrated intervention on the 3 main risk factors: smoking, physical activity and balanced diet.
* Perform network of prevention and control of PTM.
* Trying to prepare a national strategy and local management of diet, physical activity, and smoking.
* Develop Integrated Risk Behavior Surveillance System (SSPBT) PTM.
* Campaign PTM prevention and control of national and local level specific.

For future prevention efforts PTM will be very important because it is influenced by 3 main factors namely dokok, balanced diet and physical activity. Prevention of PTM should be supported by all parties, especially the decision makers of both national and local. Without it all would be in vain.

Target

* Determinants of policies both at central and regional (provincial and municipal).
* Determinants of policies in related sectors at both national and local (provincial and municipal).
* Professional organizations that exist.
* Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Private sector and community.

Legal Foundation
Promotion and Prevention PTM of course referring to the existing legal basis nationally, namely:

* Act No. 23 of 1992 on health.
* Act No. 22 of 1999 on Regional Government.
* Act No. 25 of 1999 on Financial Balance between Central and Local Government.
* Government Regulation No. 25 of 2000 on Central and Local Government Authority.
* Health Ministerial Decree No. 1277/Menkes/SK/XI/2001 on Organizational Structure and the treatment of MOH.
* National Development Program (PROPENAS)
* National Health System.
* Health Ministers Decree of 1999 on Health Development Plan towards Healthy Indonesia 2010 Health Department in 1999.
* The Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Non communicable Diseasses (WHA 53-year-2000).
* Megacountry Health Promotion Network Initiatives (Geneva, December 2002).

Policy
Promotion and prevention PTM performed at all stages of life, through the empowerment of the various components of society such as professional organizations, NGOs, mass media, business / private sector.

PTM promotion and prevention efforts are focused on people who are still healthy (well being) and the community at risk (at risk) by not forgetting that the diseased society (deseased population) and people who suffer from disabilities and require rehabilitation (Rehabilitated population).

* Reduction PTM PTM prioritizing prevention onset major risk factor by increasing physical activity, balanced diet and not smoking.
* Promotion and prevention PTM also developed through the efforts that encourage / facilitate the issuance of public policies that support prevention and control in PTM.
* Promotion and Prevention PTM done through the development of partnerships between government, communities, community organizations, including professional organizations and private businesses.
* Promotion and prevention of PTM is an integral part of all medical services related to prevention PTM.
* Promotion and prevention of PTM should be supported by professionals through continuous improvement (capacity building).
* Promotion and prevention of PTM was developed by using appropriate technology based on the problem, the potential social and culture to improve the effectiveness of the interventions in the field of prevention PTM.

Strategy
Promotion and prevention targets operationally PTM done in some order (household, workplace, health centers, school sites, public places, etc.) The area of concern is the well-balanced diet, smoking, physical activity and other health support.

Promotion and prevention strategies in general PTM include Advocacy, Community Development and Empowerment of the community atmosphere. At the central level is mostly done in an atmosphere of advocacy and community development. While at the district / city with more emphasis on community empowerment? 3 (three) strategies for all the material is just different. Remember local autonomy, social culture, etc. specific local.

* Encourage and facilitate a sound public health policies that support prevention and control in PTM.
* Encourage and facilitate the functioning of inter-institutional cooperation network providers and promotional potential partners in efforts to prevent and control PTM.
* Increasing the active role of health promotion in the PTM control efforts in a comprehensive manner in their efforts to promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative in their respective healthcare institutions.
* Improve the professional capacity of the field of health promotion both at central and local levels, especially in the prevention and control of PTM.
* Improve the knowledge and ability independent health care community in prevention and control of PTM.
* Involving the community actively in the process of solving problems faced by PTM to increase the capacity of communities and the environment in the prevention and control of PTM.
* Develop a regional assessment of health promotion of appropriate technology in the response to PTM.

Indicator
To find out to what extent the successful implementation of prevention strategies PTM, there are few benchmarks that can be used for monitoring and evaluation through a system of recording and reporting activities of prevention and control of PTM.

Indicators of success of promotion and prevention strategies PTM, namely:

General Indicators

* The reduced mortality rate (mortality) of patients with major PTM.
* The reduced morbidity (morbidity) patients with primary PTM.
* The reduced rate of disability (disability), people with major PTM.
* The reduced number of risk factors with major PTM.

Special Indicators

* Decrease PTM three main risk factors (smoking, physical activity and low consumption of fiber).
* Decrease in the proportion of people who are obese, alcohol abuse and LBW.
* Improving cross-sector policies and regulations that support the prevention PTM.
* Increased community development partnerships in the atmosphere through the empowerment of community potential.
* Availability of models of effective interventions in promotion and prevention of PTM.
* Improved implementation of promotion and prevention in the healthcare institutions.

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COE Center for Health Promotion Following Jamb 100-3rd ASEAN Jamboree




Singapore Scout Association held a Jamb 100-3rd ASEAN Jamboree which was held on 4-9 December 2010 in Sarimbun Campsite, Singapore. The team from the Center for Health Promotion Ministry of Health to visitors at the event. The purpose of the visit was to determine the organization of international scouting activities. 3rd ASEAN Jamboree attended by nearly 1,000 Scouts in the recovery period from ASEAN countries and also beberapan other countries such as East Timor and Taiwan.
During the Jamboree held there are several activities, namely basic skills of Scouting (games, camping, adventure), outdoor activities (climbing wall, ropes, cycling and exploring the outdoors), sports (kayaking, archery, bowling, sports), arts and culture (traditional games, martial arts / yoga / wushu, liong, visits to tourist attractions), community development (environmental conservation, water turtles, volunteers and exhibitions), international nights and other activities.
The team from the Center for Health Promotion opportunity to observe the operation of the Jamboree, from the registration system, implementation of activities, camp participants, hygiene and sanitation systems, intake systems, kitchen and canteen, health teams, community development, and also Indonesia Day (Indonesia menampailakn distinctive art and culture Indonesia ranging from food, drink, clothes to dance and traditional songs. Centre for Health Promotion are also taking part in the exhibition which was followed by national scouts, especially about the media and health information and also Saka Bakti Husada.
The result of this visit will be useful to prepare the implementation of the National Encampment Saka Bakti Husada scheduled to be held in Gorontalo province in 2011. (Wln)






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The spirit of Partnership in World TB Day Commemoration


On the night of March 24, 1882, Robert Koch, a German scientist to present his findings in the form of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Night at the later date designated as a day of Tuberculosis (TB) worldwide, Robert Koch reminds his listeners would be terrible threat from tuberculosis.
 
128 years later, TB remains a public health problem in many countries around the world. Indonesia itself ranked third after India and China from 22 countries in the world with the highest number of TB patients. The challenge of tuberculosis of the world increasingly severe with rising cases of HIV infection / AIDS and the emergence of MDR TB (Multi Drug Ressistance), which has undergone TB drug resistance.
 
In this year, with the global theme "On The Move Against Tuberculosis, Innovate to Accelerate Action" or in Indonesian "Boost Innovation, Speed of action against Tuberculosis" TB Day commemoration took the spirit of partnership in the fight against tuberculosis in Indonesia. A series of events within the framework of advocacy, communication and social mobilization have been prepared by the Ministry of Health following NGO partners, social organization, which has been incorporated in the TB Partners Forum as PP Aisiyah, PPTI (Association of Tuberculosis Association of Indonesia), KNCV, NU, and others.
Top event of the World TB Day March 24, 2010 was marked by a national seminar with the theme of seminar was opened by Menkokesra discusses among other groundbreaking efforts towards universal access to TB services, the services of the DOTS strategy (Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse) on all levels of service quality, overcoming challenges TB in the future and the mobilization efforts of community participation in TB control. In the event that was also signed cooperation with PT. Social Security to include TB as a disease that will be covered under Social Security insurance scheme.
 
On the day before, March 23, 2010, will be the launch of MDR-TB services in Indonesia. Services for patients with MDR-TB has been started since August 2009 in two hospitals, namely Friendship Hospital, East Jakarta, and Dr. Soetomo, Surabaya. Service expansion is planned to be conducted this year to other areas.
 
In addition to seminars, a series of warning itself will be enlivened with Healthy Walking organized by the Executive Aisyiyah which will take place in the East Parking Senayan on March 28, 2010. Sub themes raised in these activities is "Save the Family of Tuberkulsosis". Planned activities will dihardiri by the Minister of Health, Affairs, State Minister and Chairman of BKKBN PP. In addition, a series of good media campaign using mass media and publications undertaken by Puskomlik, Promkes and KNCV also will accompany this year's TB Day commemoration. Number of active partners involved in TB Day commemoration, a reflection of the need for all elements of society work together to combat TB.

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